.png){kind=logo}
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Results 2521 - 2544 of 3130
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. As a little girl Stephen Gordon always felt different. A talent for sport, a hatred of dresses and a preference for solitude were not considered suitable for a young lady of the Victorian upper-class. But when Stephen grows up and falls in love with another woman, her standing in the county and her place at the home she loves become untenable. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870324
- ISBN
- 9781784870324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. The 'Beckford College' is a private school for boys. A mischievous young boy called Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older 'Bishop' Gethryn, a prefect, cricketer and popular figure in the school, arrives at the school. His arrival, along with that of another youngster, leads to much excitement and scandal in the school. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591681
- ISBN
- 9781841591681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths might not be as random as they appear. Convinced that the disaster is a punishment sent from Heaven, the monk sets out to discover all he can about the travellers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184258
- ISBN
- 9780141184258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise). Translator(s): McGuinness, Patrick; Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology, further reading. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447637
- ISBN
- 9780140447637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Talks about the Civil War, and one Union soldier's struggle with his inner demons as he prepares for, and fights his first battle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039358
- ISBN
- 9780143039358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386429
- ISBN
- 9780749386429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancee and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511229
- ISBN
- 9780099511229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.72
€ 9.99
€ 8.72
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007420056
- ISBN
- 9780007420056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
€ 5.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970467
- ISBN
- 9781907970467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. An international children's classic, The Wind in the Willows grew from the author's letters to his young son, yet it is concerned almost exclusively with adult themes. This new edition explores a profoundly English book with a world following; a book for adults adopted by children; a timeless masterpiece and a vital portrait of an age. Editor(s): Hunt, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567560
- ISBN
- 9780199567560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
€ 8.99
€ 8.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Nagel, James. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811274
- ISBN
- 9781554811274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.05
€ 19.05
Paperback. A classic and hugely influential thriller. May 1914, Richard Hannay is asked for help by an American spy who has uncovered an assasination plot. The spy is promptly murdered in Hannay's flat, and Hannay is compelled to flee and prevent the assasination while on the run from the police in Scotland. Introduced by Stuart Kelly. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846971983
- ISBN
- 9781846971983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.39
€ 10.39
Paperback. Within the ivied walls of Blandings Castle there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it. Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class, is off her food - and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513834
- ISBN
- 9780099513834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. To celebrate The Hobbit's 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless classic, perfect for little Hobbits everywhere. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 b/w illus, (2 x red & black maps). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pocket edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007440849
- ISBN
- 9780007440849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547870
- ISBN
- 9781857547870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them - from a Balkan exile to Ken's old flame and the siblings' own raffish father - the household struggles to preserve its precious peace. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529323
- ISBN
- 9780099529323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.21
€ 21.21
Paperback. Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107323
- ISBN
- 9780143107323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538591
- ISBN
- 9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
hardcover. Examines the conflict of attitudes in mid-19th-century Russia, as distant pre-echoes of the Revolution continue to rumble through the remote rural landscape. The story follows the Kirsanov family, representatives of the old regime, and the violent character of the anti-hero Bazarov. Translator(s): Pyman, A. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 247
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150179
- ISBN
- 9781857150179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Presents the story of a young man's painful sexual and intellectual awakening that echoes Fitzgerald's own career. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194097
- ISBN
- 9780141194097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593456
- ISBN
- 9781841593456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Presents a terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. This book is a vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin; Muir, Willa. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428640
- ISBN
- 9780099428640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his admirers as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443158
- ISBN
- 9780140443158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 38. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143123149
- ISBN
- 9780143123149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.44
€ 29.99
€ 25.44